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Boone, DiPuglia to represent Nationals at Draft

Notable baseball names like Kerry Wood and George Brett will be on hand to represent their former teams at the 2013 First-Year Player Draft

By Alex Espinoza
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Special to MLB.com |

SAN FRANCISCO -- Major League Baseball announced that former All-Star Bob Boone and front-office executive Johnny DiPuglia will represent the Nationals at the upcoming 2013 MLB First-Year Player Draft.

The Draft will take place June 6-8, beginning with the Draft preview show on MLB.com and MLB Network on Thursday, June 6, at 6 p.m. ET. Live Draft coverage from MLB Network's Studio 42 begins at 7 p.m., with the top 73 picks being streamed on MLB.com and broadcast on MLB Network. Rounds 3-10 will be streamed live on MLB.com on June 7, beginning with a preview show at 12:30 p.m., and Rounds 11-40 will be streamed live on MLB.com on June 8, starting at 1 p.m.

MLB.com's coverage includes Draft Central, the Top 100 Draft Prospects list and Draft Tracker, a live interactive application that includes a searchable database of Draft-eligible players. You can also keep up to date by following @MLBDraft on Twitter. And get into the Draft conversation by tagging your tweets with #mlbdraft.

Nationals manager Davey Johnson and Boone were briefly teammates during the 1981-82 seasons in Philadelphia. Johnson represented the team at the 2010 Draft, when he announced the first overall pick, current right fielder Bryce Harper.

"That was my job," Johnson said. "Unfortunately he's going to have to wait [68] picks or something. I had the luxury of being the first one. All I had to do was spell the name right."

Alex Espinoza is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.